#A6201D#A6201D

#A6201D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.170 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6201D
RGB	rgb(166, 32, 29)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 82.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.43, 52.76, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.43, 64.41, 35.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.23% 0.1508 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(47.23% 0.17 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4662, 9.2314, 2.0770)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6201D #1DA3A6

analogous

#A61D5E #A6201D #A6641D

triadic

#A6201D #1DA620 #201DA6

tetradic

#A6201D #5EA61D #1DA3A6 #641DA6

square

#A6201D #5EA61D #1DA3A6 #641DA6

split-complementary

#A6201D #1DA664 #1D5EA6

monochromatic

#3E0C0B #721614 #A6201D #D92B27 #E25E5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#A6201D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#A6201D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6201D

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6201D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6201D	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6201d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 32, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.170 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca695a',
    500: '#a6201d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6201d;
$custom-light: #ca695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6201d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.314,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47232,
    "c": 0.17018,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6201D

secondary

#59C4C6

accent

#E9ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6201D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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